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BME-Powered Startup Wins First Place in Memphis Tech Event
COF-0338 Todd D. Giorgio | Via Vanderbilt School of Engineering | July 9, 2013BioNanovations, a startup company based on technology developed at Vanderbilt, claimed first place at the NewME Accelerator PopUp event held in Memphis June 28-30. According to The Daily News in Memphis, the company was awarded prizes worth $45,000 and earned a seat in the 12-week NewME Accelerator program in Silicon Valley. BioNanovations focuses on bringing […]
Cooper’s Research on Polyurethane Polymers and Use of Polyurethanes as Biomaterials Recognized with ACS Rubber Division Award
Stuart L. Cooper | Via Ohio State University | July 9, 2013In recognition of Professor Stuart L. Cooper’s outstanding research on the chemistry and microphase morphology of polyurethane multiblock polymers, as well as for his contributions in evaluating these polyurethanes as biomaterials, the American Chemical Society Rubber Division named him the 2013 recipient of the Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award.
Microparticles Create Localized Control of Stem Cell Differentiation; Reduce Growth Factor Use
Todd C. McDevitt | Via Georgia Tech News Center | July 9, 2013Researchers are now reporting advances in these areas by using gelatin-based microparticles to deliver growth factors to specific areas of embryoid bodies, aggregates of differentiating stem cells. The localized delivery technique provides spatial control of cell differentiation within the cultures, potentially enabling the creation of complex three-dimensional tissues. The local control also dramatically reduces the […]
COBRE at MRN Receives $15 Million Grant to Allow Continued Research on Mental Disorders
Vince D. Calhoun | Via University of New Mexico News | July 9, 2013The Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) at the Mind Research Network, in partnership with the University of New Mexico, received a $15 million grant that will position New Mexico as one of the premier brain imaging sites while expanding research on psychosis and mood disorders. This is a second phase of the National Institutes […]
UF BME Featured in Summer Edition of Explore Magazine
Christine Schmidt | Via University of Florida | July 5, 2013The Summer 2013 issue of the Explore Magazine highlights the research efforts of five faculty members from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida: Drs. Wesley Bolch, Jon Dobson, Huabei Jiang, Christine Schmidt and Ranganatha Sitaram. The article, “Engineering Better Health: UF Scientists Are Applying Engineering Principles To […]
Fisher Co-Edits Book on Tissue Engineering
John Fisher | Via UMD Bioengineering | July 3, 2013Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BioE) professor and associate chair John Fisher is the co-editor of and contributor to a new book titled Tissue Engineering: Principles and Practices, available from CRC Press. The book’s three sections, “Fundamentals,” “Enabling Technologies,” and “Applications” are designed to guide readers through the field, covering the latest opinions and research on […]
Prof. B. Wayne Bequette Named CATS’ Associate Director for Process Technologies
B. Wayne Bequette | Via Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | July 3, 2013Rensselaer CATS, a NYSTAR-supported Center for Advanced Technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. B. Wayne Bequette as its Associate Director of Process Technologies. In this new role, Wayne will coordinate process modeling, optimization and control related research in the CATS, with applications to chemical, pharmaceutical, oil, gas and other systems. Wayne will […]
Nanoparticles, Made to Order — Inside and Out
Joseph DeSimone | Via MIT News | July 2, 2013New research enables high-speed customization of novel nanoparticles for drug delivery and other uses. A new coating technology developed at MIT, combined with a novel nanoparticle-manufacturing technology developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, may offer scientists a way to quickly mass-produce tailored nanoparticles that are specially coated for specific applications, including […]
DeLisa to Receive Aiche Division 15c Plenary Lecture Award
Matthew P. DeLisa | Via Cornell University | July 1, 2013CBE Professor Matt DeLisa, the William L. Lewis Professor of Engineering, has been awarded the 2013 AIChE Division 15c Plenary Lecture. The Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division (FP&BE) division (“Division 15”) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) provides engineers and scientists interested in the field of food, pharmaceuticals, and bioengineering with places to […]
For Johns Hopkins Engineering Professor, Music is a Labor of Love
Marc Ostermeier | Via Johns Hopkins University Hub | July 1, 2013Marc Ostermeier, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the Whiting School, built a deadline into his summer. He needs to finish his parts before mid-July, when Tanya Maus, an assistant professor of history in Wittenberg University’s East Asian Studies Program, comes to town. They’re working on the next installment of a collaboration that […]
Sticking Power
Jeffrey Karp | Via The Scientist | July 1, 2013An adhesive inspired by a parasitic worm could help better affix skin grafts in burn patients. Bioengineer Jeffrey Karp is used to finding inspiration in unusual places. He’s looked to porcupines’ barbed quills and the sticky pads of geckos’ feet, for example, to develop medical adhesives. And one afternoon a few years ago he sat […]
DeLisa to Join The Defense Science Study Group
Matthew P. DeLisa | Via Cornell University | June 29, 2013Professor Matt DeLisa, the William L. Lewis Professor of Engineering, has been accepted into the 2014-2015 class of the Defense Science Study Group (DSSG). The DSSG is a program of education and study that introduces selected scientists and engineering professors to the challenges facing national security and encourages them to apply their talents to these issues […]
Put Down Oil Drill, Pick Up The Test Tube: Making Fuel From Yeast
Jay Keasling | Via NPR | June 28, 2013What if we could get our gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel from yeast instead of from oil wells? That’s not as crazy as it sounds. In fact, it’s already happening on a small scale. And there’s a vigorous research effort to ramp this up on a massive scale. One of the more innovative approaches […]
Bashir to Head Department of Bioengineering
Rashid Bashir | Via University of Illinois ECE | June 26, 2013Rashid Bashir, director of the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory at Illinois, will be the next head of the Department of Bioengineering, beginning August 16, 2013. As Abel Bliss Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, Bashir leads two efforts to train the next generation of leaders in nanotechnology and bioengineering: the Integrative Graduate Education and Research […]
Enhancing RNA Interference
Robert Langer | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | June 23, 2013Nanoparticles that deliver short strands of RNA offer a way to treat cancer and other diseases by shutting off malfunctioning genes. Although this approach has shown some promise, scientists are still not sure exactly what happens to the nanoparticles once they get inside their target cells. A new study from MIT sheds light on the […]
Enhancing RNA Interference
Daniel Anderson | Via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | June 23, 2013Nanoparticles that deliver short strands of RNA offer a way to treat cancer and other diseases by shutting off malfunctioning genes. Although this approach has shown some promise, scientists are still not sure exactly what happens to the nanoparticles once they get inside their target cells. A new study from MIT sheds light on the […]
Professor Helps Validate Maps of the Brain’s Resting State
John Gore | Via Vanderbilt School of Engineering | June 19, 2013Kick back and shut your eyes. Now stop thinking. You have just put your brain into what neuroscientists call its resting state. What the brain is doing when an individual is not focused on the outside world has become the focus of considerable research in recent years. One of the potential benefits of these studies […]
Pathological Altruism: The Road to Hell Really Is Often Paved With Good Intentions Argues New Study
Barbara Oakley | Via Reason Foundation | June 19, 2013In a remarkably interesting new paper, “Concepts and implications of altruism bias and pathological altruism,” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Oakland University systems engineer Barbara Oakley argues that intentions to help people all too often hurt them. Unintended harm is the outcome of she what calls pathological altruism. She defines pathological […]
Model Recreates Wear and Tear of Osteoarthritis
Marjolein van der Meulen | Via Cornell Chronicle | June 18, 2013There’s a reason osteoarthritis is often called wear-and-tear arthritis: Repeated stress on joints over time results in degeneration of the soft cartilage that normally distributes loads to the joints. Recreating how joints bear stress could lead to a better understanding of the mechanical and physiological processes involved in the development of osteoarthritis. Cornell engineers have […]
Southern Research Institute Names Arthur J. Tipton, Ph.D. President and CEO
Arthur Tipton | Via Southern Research Institute | June 17, 2013Southern Research Institute today announced that Arthur J. Tipton, Ph.D., has been selected by its Board of Directors to serve as president and CEO of Southern Research effective July 8, 2013. Tipton replaces John A. “Jack” Secrist, III, Ph.D., who served as president and CEO of Southern Research Institute for seven years. Secrist announced his […]